Evolution Theory of the Hunter (ETH)
Volume 1 Chapter 25
The wolf was now starting to evaporate. He slowly disappeared into ashes, and as those ashes turned to dust I thought to myself.
Irregular.
In the month and a half since the incident of irregulars had happened all over the world, this was the second irregular I went up against. I don’t know how many more people might have been met with the incident again this time, but I knew it was going to be a big problem. The biggest problem though was that now we knew it wasn’t an isolated incident.
Is this job really ok?
“Is anyone hurt?”
“No. We’re all fine. How about you, SunbehOppa?”
“I hit my back and head a little hard but I think I’m ok now.”
“You sure you don’t have to go to the hospital?”
Glasses girl walked up next to me and checked my head. Luckily I don’t think I suffered a concussion, but there was a huge bump on the back of my head.
“Something like this will get better with just a couple days of rest. I don’t need to go to a hospital.”
“But still…”
I did have health insurance but I can only use it for big injuries. I pay about 2,000 a month so that I can have access to treatment no matter how much the bill is.
Since we now know that the irregular incident wasn’t a one time thing, keeping up the payments on my insurance would be necessary.
“It looks like it’s almost done.”
Han Jookseok said as he watched the rest of the dust crumble away. Only the wolf’s head was left and then soon, that too was gone.
Drop.
A skillbook had dropped to the ground.
Again?
“What!?”
Jung Sooah jumped up and grabbed the book before handing it to me.
“Take it.”
“Uh…do you need to be so loud?”
“You never know. There might be someone who might steal it and run.”
She whispered into my ear. True. There are a lot of cases of people taking skillbooks and running. But the way she was acting now was basically announcing to everyone on the team that she didn’t trust them. If it were me, I could never do something like that.
Was she doing this to take the hate in my stead?
Everyone started crowding around me. Manager Kim pushed Jung Sooah and poked out his chin.
“What is it? What is it? What kind of skill? If it’s a pro level skill then wouldn’t it be worth like a couple million dollars?”
“Let’s check first.”
Gulp.
I could hear someone swallowing. When I looked up, I saw Cho Youngoo staring at me with fire in his eyes. Looks like he’s someone who can’t hide his emotions very well.
“Hur..hurry.”
“Don’t expect too much. It could be a low level one too.”
I said this, but it was true that I was expecting alot too. If it was over level 3, the price of it would be more than a million. Though we would do a contribution split, each person would still get more than 100k each.
Flip.
I opened to the first page.
Everyone collapsed to the ground.
“Friendship…? Wait. And it’s only a level 0? Is there even such a thing?”
Sooah said with a sigh in her voice.
Everyone’s expression was full of disappointment.
Except me.
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It was the second level 0 skillbook. The skill name was ‘friendship’.
Slam.
I closed the skillbook and got up.
I should probably start the official procedure.
“Level 0 skillbook. It is ‘friendship’. Is there anyone who would like to buy this skillbook?”
“Who would buy something like that? Unless they’re stupid.”
Manager Kim said with a sigh. His face looked like the face of someone who lost something very precious.
“Three of you have a skill already so you won’t be needing this…Bae Yeonkyoung?”
“Ah. I don’t need it either. I’m an archer. I would want a skill relevant to my ability though.”
“Hm…then I guess we should just sell this..we might get about 3000
dollars for it.”
“That’s it?”
Jung Sooah asked.
“I had put up a level 0 skillbook a while back. BUt no one wanted to buy it. The only offers I got were around that price.”
“Nah. Really?”
“I’ll ask one more time. Anyone willing to buy it for 3000 dollars?”
Everyone started looking around at each other. As expected. There was no one who wanted a dumb sounding skill…and a level 0 one at that…for 3000 dollars.
Sooah kicked at the ground. Then she raised her hand.
“I’ll buy it.”
“You?”
Glasses girl asked with surprise.
“It’s good for a porter to have a skill. It would probably help to decrease my chance of dying. I don’t know what this is, but seeing as it’s a level 0…looks like it would suit a porter just fine.”
“I guess…”
Glasses girl started to nod as Sooah explained her thought process. Everything related to killing monsters started at level 1. Skill, Item, Dungeon. So it made sense that everyone believed a level 0 would have nothing to do with a hunter.
The contribution ranking came out as: me, Cho Youngoo, Han Joonseok, Bae Yeonkyoung, then manager Kim. Of course manager Kim raised a fuss.
“Why am I fifth! I should at least be second! No…even third!”
“I’m a person too.”
At my words, manager Kim shut up. While everyone else had come together to save my life after I risked it to let them escape, he was the only one who hid. There was no way I would rank him any higher just because he didn’t run away.
“I…I told you to run away!”
“That’s true. But it’s also true that you didn’t help when we were trying to kill the monster.”
“Shit! That’s not fair! If it wasn’t for me, do you think we would have cleared the dungeon?”
“No we wouldn’t have.”
“Then you shouldn’t be ranking in this way!”
“But if anyone else had not been there, I would have died today.”
I said this as I looked to all the party members.
Cho Youngoo, Han Joonseok, Bae Yeonkyoung, Jung Sooah.
They had all gone up against a boss class monster just to save my life.
I knew that it was the right thing to do to make sure they were rewarded for it.
“Keu…”
Manager Kim put his head down after trying to say something..but changing his mind.”
“I will make sure you get more than enough contribution pay. Do you have anything to add?”
“Ye..yes.”
“What is it?”
“Will you call me again next time?”
Manager Kim asked. I nodded my head and Jung Sooah said.
“Manager Kim. It looks like you do have a conscience.”
“What you brat? Do you think I don’t have any pride at all?”
There was no one who responded to that.
***
When I opened my eyes, I saw the familiar ceiling. I went to my fridge and got a glass of water to drink.
Gulp. Gulp.
“You’re awake?”
“Cough. Cough.”
I heard Jung Sooah’s voice behind me. I tried to remember what happened…ahh. After the hunt, we all went to a small restaurant to get dinner. The last thing I recalled was getting drunk, and Jung Sooah taking me into a cab.
This was all because manager Kim was drinking so hard that I ended up joining in. That old man.
“Aren’t you going home?”
“I was tired so I just went to bed. Why? I can’t do that?”
“You should ask first before just doing something like that on your own.”
“Haha.”
“Don’t laugh. I just might get used to you.”
Jung Sooah got up and washed her face to wake up. Then she padded on over to the kitchen to start making some ramen.
“Two?”
“Three.”
“Coming up.”
I helped set the table, and we ate the ramen quietly. When I finally realized that we were doing everything so naturally with any awkwardness, it was already too late.
“But why were you asking us to buy that?”
“Because it’s worth it.”
“You’re going to give me back my money right?”
“I’ll think about it.”
“Chi. Really. You think 3000 just grows on trees?”
“You’re rich though. Remember the 50,000 you got from me?”
“I’ll be using it as my dowry. Should I just sell this damn thing?”
“Why? It’ll be such a waste. Learn it.”
“What? Me? Why? I won’t need it though.”
I wonder what kind of skill ‘friendship’ will prove to be?
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akirah
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Level 0 again
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grief
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thx
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cuffin
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It’s probably taming skill as addition
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Random Internet User
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Thank you kindly for the chapter!
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Hidayat Adi Kurniawan
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Thanks for the chapter.
Welcome harem number 1.
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kris
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another level 0 skill and of course that vague name too
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thanks anyway
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Jarred McFarlane
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Thanks
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Moh Asad
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Thanks for the chapter
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endy budi
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thanks
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Juan Topasna
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Thanks for the chapter.
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Heng Key
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Thanks
more and more interesting
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Sheriff
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They’re acting like a [married] couple already! It’s already too late. muhuhahahahaha~
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midonighto
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Thanks very much for the chapter :)0
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Sam Taranowski
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Yep you guessed it! Man I’m starting to get tired. I wonder how many I can do?
this was the second irregular I went up against.
Space again
this was the second irregular I went up against.Holy…just wow.
“Hm…then I guess we should just sell this..we might get about 3000dollars for it.”
Pretty obvious
“Hm…then I guess we should just sell this..we might get about 3000 dollars for it.”-
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Small mistake
BUt no one wanted to buy it.
Should be
But no one wanted to buy it.Manager Kim put his head down after trying to say something..but changing his mind.”
No one is talking here
Manager Kim put his head down after trying to say something..but changing his mind.When I finally realized that we were doing everything so naturally with any awkwardness, it was already too late.
Should be
When I finally realized that we were doing everything so naturally without any awkwardness, it was already too late.
LOL! The awkwardness is awkward. xD
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shrykos
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Thanks for the chapter.
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Coco Sacarias
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thankes
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sfasf asf
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Thanks for the chapter
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Kryzin
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Thxs for the chapter.
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Derand Demaj
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ty
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ApexAstral
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Them getting another skill book got me wondering. If level 0’s go under left eye then can’t he still learn a higher one since those go under right eye? Thank you for the chapter?
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LightNovelBarista
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well supposedly everyone has only one slot for a skillbook. once you learn a skill, you fill the slot and cannot learn another skill. That’s why you have to be super careful and picky about which one you’ll read if you get access to one. BUT there are skillbooks that give you an extra slot. So if you come across that skillbook, you can have more than one skill. but that skillbook is super duper rare.
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But the “slot” is the eye, isn’t it? Maybe he’ll end up asking a super pro who has one of those rare 2slot ones and he’ll reveal the trick about the eye..
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Ozan Ride
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thx
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heartreader
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The birth of the porter-hunter couple. lol thanks for the chapter.
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jjlph18
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I wonder how many 0 skills there are?
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oddmoonlight
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Now, to create the fellows… *cough* the circle of friends of dungeon spelunking.
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Lucifer Mephistopheles
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F is for friends who hunt dungeon together… The old days of spongebob…
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VJ
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A level 0 friendship skill lol, thanks for the chapter as always.
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vinz zenada
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Thanks for the chapter
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Grandyna
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thank you for the chapter
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Nexus Flamehart
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Lol the shipping begins anew
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samdiggidy
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its probably like merchant skill
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criticalmind
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I feel friendship should be a support skill of some kind. But I don’t know how they’ll gain proficiency if it is
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inbetweenaction
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increased learning potential or % power up for people that are linked up to the user, must like each otheror acept friendship in their heart? the stronger the mutual feelings, the higher/stronger the bound, and the faster it gains proficiency? or amount of active bounds
or it’s just a powerful magic skill, friendship is, after all, magic
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Nyamsus
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It has attack skill!!
It called FRIENDZONED
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benwu82608260
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Thanks for the chapter
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Alex Blair
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I’m thinking that “Friendship” might actually be a taming skill. How would that be?
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Nick Solomon
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level 0 is secretly awesome
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evolving skills are great. although you have to start at near nothing at the start, it is clearly worth it. I wounder what the equvallent lv his effort skill buff is at around now…
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Nathan Schimmel
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What if when he reaches full proficiency it becomes a level 1 skill…
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the ranked skills sounded to me more like what power they start at (that lv one skill he was looking at had the power to take down a monster with no gear), whereas a ran 0 starts with zero power, but instead has a growth rate.
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victor tiilikainen
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Thank you for the chapter!
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Ruz J
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Friendship is probably a support skill? Maybe like a buffer. Another thing it might increase persuasion and other social interaction stats, instead of physical stats like with the MC
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maybe it’s a monster tamer skill? get everyone a wolf mount, increase clearing time drastically…
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Anime Fan
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Watch as he ends up with a party full of former porters with level 0 skills. Also thanks for the chapter!
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nah, archer girl never was a porter, and she is clearly aiming for harem status…
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Proteus
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Thanks for the chapter
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Time 939
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Thanks for the cap
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Simon C
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OOOOhhhhhh damn new skill, hahahahahahah
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KiwiCaramelo
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I’m predicting that from now on, every irregular will drop a level 0 skillbook in the presence of MC
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I hope not. That would be excessive plot armor
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Tide Oo
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Friendship? Or harem skill ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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babywolf
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is that friendship like effort? but raises stats with how many friends you have? 😮
and it seems there is a high chance every irregular drops a skillbook @@-
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Maybe it’s something that lets you transfer stats/skills to your friends? Like temporarily. So that if someone were in danger in the dungeon, you could transfer someone else’s defense skill to them to use.
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copy331
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Thx
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robot
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Ohh. They will be more than friends
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Friendship must be some kind of code for borderline yandere girlfrienemy…
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